This comes amidst allegations against Russell Brand of abusive behavior and investigations by various media companies

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'The Five' hosts criticized the NYC Council for ignoring the more concerning issues of the city for the sake of the statue removal project

Reese Witherspoon candidly opened up about her sex scene in the film Fear, sharing that it still went ahead despite her saying no. The actress told Harper’s Bazaar that she requested a stunt double for the 1996 psychological thriller featuring Mark Wahlberg, adding that it "wasn’t a particularly great experience." "It wasn’t explicit in the script that that’s what was going to happen, so that was something that I think the director thought of on his own and then asked me on set if I would do it, and I said no," Witherspoon, who was 19 at the time, told the publication. "I didn’t have control over it," she added. "I’m certainly not traumatised or anything by it, but it was formative." Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Witherspoon went on to say it was the inspiration behind launching her film production company, Hello Sunshine. The aim is to open up perspective and empower women "by giving them authorship, inspiring agency, and creating a platform to help them shape culture." "It made me understand where my place was in the pecking order of filmmaking," she explained. "I think it’s another one of those stories that made me want to be an agent for change and someone who maybe can be in a better leadership position to tell stories from a female perspective instead of from the male gaze." Earlier this year, the star and ex-husband Jim Toth announced they were parting ways after 12 years together. The pair released a joint statement. Witherspoon felt like this was the right move as it felt "much more authentic" to share it in her own words and "not let somebody else control what’s happening." Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

An up-and-coming musician has told the story of how Paul Rudd ended up in one of his music videos, after running into the actor at a Taylor Swift concert. Claud, who is signed to Phoebe Bridgers' label, reportedly explained to Rudd that one of their songs was inspired by his 'energy', and the 54-year-old was keen to hear the album. A few email exchanges later, and Rudd starred as a disgruntled mailman in the video for 'A Good Thing'. "He came for the whole entire day," Claud said on TikTok. "He stayed for like five hours." Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter

A guitar smashed on stage by Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain sold for nearly $600,000, several times its original estimate...

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'I jumped up and down and just kept screaming, 'Stevie Wonder is going to be on my album,'' said Cher

An exhibition by a provocative Chinese artist that criticizes the country's human rights record is opening at a Polish state-run contemporary art museum despite pressure from the Chinese embassy to cancel it

The ‘Babylon’ star and Paltrow were the ‘It’ couple of the 90s after meeting while filming the 1995 movie ‘Se7en’

Ana Navarro took some time off her busy schedule to share an intimate dining experience with her husband Al Remigio Cardenas at Casa Xabi

Emma Heming Willis is sharing a family update.